Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED AUG. 30, 190.4. G. W. SHOOK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

AFPLIOATION FILED DBG. 13. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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. PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. SHOOK, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA` ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM S.BARNETT, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,912, dated August30, 1904.

Application filed December 13, 1902. Serial No. 135,168. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. SHooK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State oi' Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-ReiillableBottles, or'

`which the following' is a specification.

lutely prevents the ingress of air or liquidV into the bottle 'no matterwhat the position of the bottle may be; and with this and minor objectsin view my invention consists of the parts and combination of the parts,as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings. Figure 1 is a vertical central section of a bottlebroken away with my invention shown in position in the neck thereof.Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of my improved valve detachedfrom the bottle. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section of the iioat-valvein detail. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View of the valve inverted,parts being broken way; and Fig. 5 is a top plan View of thefloat-valve.

1 represents the bottle, 2 the cork thereof.

3 is an annular groove in the neck oi' the bottle.

4 is arperi'orated cap secured in the neck of the bottle by means or' asplit ring 5, said cap having' a transverse member 6, from which dependsa rod 7, said rod being provided with an annular groove 8.

9 is a pin passed through and extending beyond each side of the rod 8.

`11 is a disk secured to the lower end ofthe rod 7 said disk havingiiuid-openings 12, which are adapted to be closed by flap-hinges 13, thepintle 14 of said hinge being so positioned that the inner end of theflap-valve works in the groove 8.

14fL represents rods depending from and secured to the disk l1, to thelower end of which is secured a hemispherical body 15, having anaperture 16 in its top.

17 is a disk secured to the-rods 14a intermediate the cone-shaped bodyand the disk 11, said disk 17 being vprovided with a depending annularilange 18, in the periphery of which is formed an annular groove 19, inwhich is secured a rubber or other suitable resilient packing 20 of 'athickness greater than the depth of said groove.

21 is a flap-valve hinged at 22 on top of the disk 17, said valve beingprovided with a oat 23, of cork or other suitable material, secured inany practical manner thereto. 24 is a packing secured in any practicalmanner around the edge of the valve 21,.on the under side thereof, saidpacking iitting around the opening 25 in the disk 17, as more clearlyshown in Fig. 5.

26 is a hook or other suitable 'device secured to the Hap-valve, uponthe lower end of which below the valve and depending through the opening25 is a chain or other flexible medium 27, to the lower end of which issecured by a loose joint a rod 29, which in turn has secured looselytoits lower end a weight 30, shown for purposes of illustration as aball- Weight.

The operation of my improved valve is as follows: The normal position ofthe parts is that shown in Fig. 1, while the position of the parts whenthe bottle is held in pouring position is indicated in Fig. 4. It willbe noticed that the flap-valve 21 is hinged to the disk 17 in suchmanner that the pressure of the liquid within the bottle will open it,and the pressure of the liquid will alsoopen the flap-valves 13; butthe'pin 9 will prevent the Hap-valves 13 opening far enough to permitthe insertion of a wire or other instrument `through the perforations ofthe cap for the purpose of holding the Hap-valve 21open. We Vwillsuppose that the contents or' the bottle have been emptied and it isdesired to rell the same with inferior material. This is ordinarilyattempted loy jarring the valves down and holding the bottle in ahorizontal position; but it will be seen that even if the valves in thiscase are jarred down and the bottle is held in horizontal position theball-weight 30 will, by reason of its position in its cone, immediatelyslide to the bottom of the cone, thereby compelling the valve to close,thus preventing ingress of any fluid. This would be accomplished even inthe absence of a float. W e will now suppose that the next attempt willbe made by completely inverting' the bottle, so that all of the valveswill fall to open position by reason of their own weight, whereupon thelbottle may be immersed in the liquid, whereupon the iuid will pass upthrough the perforated cap, strike the winged valves 13, and if they donot close will pass on until it strikes the main Hap-valve 21, and afurther immersion of the bottle will cause thc main `flap-valve to beioated up by reason of the cork 23 being attached thereto, and thefurther the bottle is immersed the tighter the main flap-valveis held onits seat by means of its iioat 23. This floating action of the valve ispermitted by the flexible joint formed by the chain '27 between thevalve and its weight, whereby the valve may be closed notwithstandingthe weight is not moved. I have provided the rim 24, of cork or similarmaterial, on the under face of the main flapvalve to insure a perfectseating' of the valve against the admission of fluid or air.

The construction of the main flap-valve and of the weight may be variedat will so long as the flexible joint is formed between the valve andits weight.

l have applied all of the well-known tests for defeating the ofces ofnon-refillable bottles, among` which may be mentioned the wellknown heattest, and have practically demonstrated that the construction of valvethat I have shown is proof against all of said tests.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what is claimed asnew therein:

1 In a device of the character described, the combination with a hingedvalve, a float secured to the upper side of said valve, and apacking-ring secured to the lower side of said valve, of a iexiblemedium depending from the lower side of the valve, a weight suspendedfrom said valve by means of said ieXible medium, and a hemisphericalbody in which said weight operates.

2. 1n a device of the character described, the combination with a hingedvalve, a float secured to the upper side thereof, a packingv secured tothe under side thereof, of a chain depending from the lower side of saidvalve. and a weight secured to the lower end of said chain, and ahemispherical body in which said weight is adapted to operate.

In testimony whereof I alriX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE NN. SHOCK.

`Witnessesz H. H. SIMMs, EDWIN S. CLARKsoN.

